Skin Layers/Structure
What are the two basic layers of the skin?
What are the epidermis and dermis
This epidermal cell produces keratin.
What is a keratinocyte?
What oily substance is produced by sebaceous glands?
What is sebum?
What are the three main types of skin cancer?
What are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma?
Which vitamin is synthesized by the skin?
What is Vitamin D?
This outermost layer of the skin is avascular and composed of stratified squamous epithelium.
What is the epidermis?
This epidermal cell produces melanin.
What is a melanocyte?
Which gland produces ear wax?
What is the ceruminous gland?
Which type of skin cancer accounts for more than 75% of skin cancers?
What is basal cell carcinoma?
Which layer of the skin is damaged in a first-degree burn?
What is the epidermis?
This layer is considered the "true skin" and contains blood vessels, nerves, glands, and hair follicles.
What is the dermis?
This deepest epidermal layer is also called the stratum germinativum.
What is the stratum basale?
These muscles contract to make your hair stand up when cold or frightened.
What are arrector pili muscles?
Which type of skin cancer arises from melanocytes in the stratum basale?
What is malignant melanoma?
A patient has blisters after a burn. What degree burn is most likely present?
What is a second-degree burn?
This deepest layer is not part of the true skin and is made mostly of fat and connective tissue.
What is the subcutaneous layer (hypodermis)?
This epidermal layer contains dead, keratinized cells and forms the outer surface of the skin.
What is the stratum corneum?
What part of the nail is responsible for nail growth through mitosis?
What is the nail matrix?
Which skin cancer is the leading cause of skin cancer deaths?
What is malignant melanoma?
A burn appears white, gray, or blackened and is often painless because nerve endings are destroyed. What degree burn is this?
What is a third-degree burn?
These finger-like projections in the dermis create fingerprints and help improve grip.
What are papillae?
Put these layers in order from deepest to most superficial.
What are stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum, and stratum corneum?
Compare apocrine and eccrine sweat glands.
Apocrine glands produce a thicker sweat during emotional stress and are found in the axilla and pubic regions; eccrine glands are distributed throughout the body and produce watery sweat for temperature regulation.
This skin condition is characterized by itchy, inflamed skin and affects more than 31 million Americans.
What is eczema?
What does ABCDE stand for when assessing skin cancer?
What are:
Asymmetry
Border
Color
Diameter
Evolving